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Introduction to cost accounting32164/2139/2122/1/38
Study guide

Introduction to cost accounting

32164/2139/2122/1/38
Academic year 2021-22
Is found in:
  • Associate Degree of Accounting Administration, programme stage 2
This is a single course unit.
Study load: 3 credits
Teaching staff: De Bondt Veronique, Forceville Ingrid, Van Kemseke Koen
Languages: Dutch
Scheduled for: Semester 1 or Semester 2
This course unit is marked out of 20 (rounded to an integer).

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.
Re-sit exam: is possible.
Possibility of tolerance: This course unit is eligible for tolerance according to the criteria as determined by the degree programme you are enrolled in.
Total study time: 78,00 hours

Learning outcomes (list)

12: Deontological Action: acts deontologically, respects internal and external procedures, is alert to fraud and is self-critical.
The student is attentive to deontological principles
03: Selling price, cost price, budgeting: understands the establishment of a selling price including the calculation of a cost price, understands the building blocks of budgeting and helps monitor existing budgets. 
The student will explain the difference between direct and indirect costs, between fixed and variable costs and between production and period costs for a small business
The student determines both extra- and intracomputably the production cost of a cost object and the result of the small business
The student will calculate the cost per batch for a small business under the application of serial production
The student will determine, using process costing, the cost of finished production and ending inventory for a small business
The student will prepare the different types of budgets according to the techniques seen
The student calculates the selling price and the cost price in a case
The student will explain imposed basics related to current cost accounting for a small business
The student aligns budgets with the organization and activity of the business
07: Trial and balance sheet, annual accounts, inventory entries, centralization: prepares the trial and balance sheet and the annual accounts according to the periodic and annual closing, does the current inventory entries and centralization.
The student calculates the break-even point

Educational organisation (list)

Avondtraject
Dagtraject
Lectures and / or tutorials12,00 hours
Lectures and / or tutorials6,00 hours
Practicum12,00 hours
Practicum6,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours54,00 hours
Work time outside of contact hours66,00 hours

Evaluation (list)

Evaluation(s) for first exam chance
MomentForm%Remark
Academic yearSkills assessment simulation100,00
Evaluation(s) for re-sit exam
MomentForm%Remark
2nd examination periodSkills assessment simulation100,00